Apparently Mr Mike Estee was cleaning out his abode when he was reminded of a comic that he owns – the Scarlet Traces comic from Dark Horse Comics. Based on the aftermath of the War of the Worlds in an alternative history that sees the British Empire the most powerful and feared power on the planet, equipped as it is with the retrofitted martian technology. But all is not well, of course, and an ex-military officer turned gentleman explorer and his manservant look to be the ones to get to the bottom of the mysterious deaths. There’s a taster on the page, if you’d like to read a few of the first few pages, and I’ll close with a quote from the intrepid two – my favourite from the sample:

Captain Autumn: “Sergeant, I once saw you beat a bengal tiger unconscious with your bare hands. Reduce a hulking Cossak to tears with nothing but a hearty laugh and a pair of manicure scissors. However, the thing that impresses me most about you is your irrefutable Scots logic.” Archie Currie: “Ye’d no be takin’ the piss would ye, Sir?”

Classic smirks